Posted on 08/04/2015 6:57:14 PM PDT by dennisw
Physicists say there is a possibility that our world is merely a simulation They claim there may be evidence of this if only we know where to look For instance, some of the laws of physics may not quite add up, they say
The year is 2050 and super-intelligent robots have taken over the planet.
Except you have no idea, because you're living in a computer simulation, depicting what life was like in 2015.
Everything you see and touch right now has been created by robotic overlords who are using humanity as playthings in their virtual game.
That's the radical theory put forward by a number of scientists over the years, who claim there is a possibility that our world as we know it is fake.
He notes that, according to Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom, the scenario played out in the film, The Matrix, could be a reality.
But 'instead of having brains in vats that are fed by sensory inputs from a simulator, the brains themselves would also be part of the simulation,' said Bostrom.
'It would be one big computer program simulating everything, including human brains down to neurons and synapses.'
Kuhn also points out how physical laws are sets of computational processes, with patterns in nature revealing an inherent, intentional model.
Marvin Minsky, a founder of artificial intelligence, told Kuhn it would be very difficult to distinguish that you're in a computer simulation.
That is, he says, 'unless the programmer has made some slips — if you notice that some laws of physics aren't quite right, [or] f you find rounding-off errors.'
Several years ago, Silas Beane of the University of Bonn suggested, like Minsky, that there may be signs that we are living in a simulation.
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“if only we know where to look”
That’s always the problem. Where is the evidence beyond theoretical blabber?
I agree. A better premise would have been that the humans had done something to make it very difficult for the machines to create other sentient machines and so they needed to tap the brain power of the humans to do the calculations necessary to find a way to get off the planet.
That would still be a stretch, but not quite as silly as humans as batteries.
” patterns in nature revealing an inherent, intentional model.”
Dude, it’s God doing that.
Get over it.
All roads lead to Rome, so speak - let’s give the amoral godless humanism a rest.
Wow, what a new and innovative concept................oh wait.
The movies “The Thirteenth Floor” and “Dark City” are similar stories.
Let’s go back to 1967.
This time we will have the hickory shampoos ready and waiting!
I’ve had several inconsistency experiences and several others where I felt “the program” was filling in logical gaps.
It’s real, and it’s spectacular!
I don't think it goes like this:
1. Tranny = warped mind
2. Therefore Matrix theory is warped
I think it goes more like this:
1. Tranny wishes it was born in another body
2. Tranny comes up with fantasy world where it could be in a totally different body
More wish fulfillment than anything else.
The author seems to be a bit inconsistent in trying to make this argument.
Is the universe...
Scientists say our world....
Hard to debate a moving point.
Prof Jennings: Could be one little tiny universe.
Larry: Could I buy some pot from you?
If they end up in Hell, they might just think the beings running the simulation are even more horrible bastards than they originally thought.
Ah, but will we ever find out who put the ram in the rama- lama-ding-dong?
So long and thanks for all the fish! :-)
This really isn’t a new idea. Gnostics believed something like this (with a “demiurge” pulling the strings and running the “test”) about 1900 years ago
Yeah, I already heard about that nonsense in a movie called Animal House where Donald Sutherland was smoking dope and talking about a universe in your finger nail.
If this is true would the super intelligent beings consider it to be 2050?
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